dare vita

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to give life to”.

Verb

dàre vita (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) dò vita, first-person singular past historic dièdi vita or diédi vita or détti vita or (traditional) dètti vita, past participle dàto vita, first-person singular future darò vita, first-person singular subjunctive dìa vita, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive déssi vita, second-person singular imperative dài vita or dà' vita, auxiliary avére)

1. (idiomatic, transitive with a) to bring to life; to create or organize (a business, initiative, etc.); to build; to form
   • 2020 July 29, Jaime D'Alessandro, “L'antitrust americano mette sotto accusa i grandi dell'hi-tech: Amazon, Apple, Facebook e Google [American antitrust accuses the greats of hi-tech: Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google]”, in la Repubblica‎^[1]:

     Sostiene che i servizi di Google avrebbero permesso a milioni di americani di dar vita a commerci e migliorare la loro condizione.

     He maintains that Google's services would have let millions of Americans build businesses and improve their condition [of life].

   • 2020 July 30, Barack Obama, “L'elogio funebre di Barack Obama su John Lewis: "Il vero coraggio sta nel restare uniti" [The funeral eulogy of Barack Obama on John Lewis: "True courage lies in staying united"]”, in Anna Bissanti, transl., la Repubblica‎^[2]:

     Il nostro Paese è un work in progress ininterrotto. Siamo nati con le istruzioni per dare vita a un’unione più completa.

     Now, this country is a constant work in progress. We were born with instructions: to form a more perfect union.

     (literally, “Our country is an uninterrupted work in progress. We were born with the instructions to form a more complete union.”)

Anagrams

• ardivate, derivata, ridavate